The Decline of Pizza Hut in the US

The rise and fall of an American Legend: How the US fell out of love with Pizza Hut

A Pizza Hut restaurant in Miami Joe Raedle/Getty Images Donald Trump once starred in ads for Pizza Hut — a brand that exported American fast food to the wider world. But many Pizza Hut locations have shuttered in recent years, and the company is being sold for $2.7 billion. Jan Klauth, a correspondent from Germany's Welt, visited the US searching for an explanation of the decline. Highway 321 runs like a lifeline through Pigeon Forge, a tourist town in the US state of Tennessee. On either s...